We are amazed by our meadow this year. All of Mick's mowing last summer seems to have suppressed the goldenrod and allowed the flowers (not to mention the strawberries!!) to flourish.
Hawkeye / Devil's paintbrush
Red clover, complete with pollinator.
Also enjoying our meadow are the goslings, who have taken the big step and moved up to the hill! They are enjoying the great outdoors. (Actually, they are a little too adventurous and got away from their ma yesterday... talk about a wild goose chase!)
Our three flocks of birds seem to be co-existing more or less peacefully.
And happy chickens = eggs in an assortment of shapes, sizes, and colours (generally averaging about 2 a day) [My physics husband gives me an award for vaguery for typing "generally averaging about 2-3" - is that redundant or something?]
In other news, FedEx delivered us some esprit de corps tonight.
You're getting quite the farm there!
ReplyDeleteStill looking for a goose herder for the summer... ;)
ReplyDeleteWOW - what progress!! -next you'll be telling us all that you have 2 cows (for milk) and a horse (to pull the plow) to plant the corn and before you know it you will need to build a barn......... :):) -Nemmy
ReplyDeleteHaha...
ReplyDelete-certainly, eventually! (barn)
-hopefully dairy goats, within a year or two (for milk)
-maybe pigs? (to augment manpower-plowing)
-girlpower (to plant the corn)
Mom and I stumbled across a horse pull when she was visiting and I was falling in love with the idea of having work horses! :) They are beautiful and strong animals. But our current idea is to use smaller breeds to fill cow and horse-type niches - less feed, less damage to pasture, more suited to our size operation.
Definitely a barn though...... Once the ducklings move out tomorrow, our house will (hopefully) be done serving as a barn! :)